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School Registration Form - pushing gender identity

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BreatheAndFocus · 29/03/2026 18:14

DC has been accepted at a secondary school and I’m filling out the registration form (name, address, etc etc). What has pissed me off massively though is the questions about gender identity. They’re asked in such a way to imply that everyone has a gender identity, and there’s no way to say DC hasn’t, or to omit the question (because it’s online and you have to answer all questions).

The choices are: Male, Female, Self-Describe. That’s it. No way to say you don’t have one and don’t believe in this crap stuff.

Surely this isn’t neutral? It’s pushing a belief. Is this allowed?

(Note - ticking Self Describe didn’t bring up a box I could type None in, it just stayed a tick. My concern with that is that activist teachers will be rushing up to DC and asking whether they’re enby, Otherkin, etc etc.)

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BreatheAndFocus · 29/03/2026 18:51

SirChenjins · 29/03/2026 18:47

I'd complain to the LA and school. GI is a belief, not a fact, and so should be optional - are they insisting on pupils declaring themselves religious or political beliefs on the form?

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Thank you 😊 No, there are no questions about religion or politics. Just name, address, birth sex, gender identity, pronouns, parent details, health, emergency info.

I do wonder what they do with the data.

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BreatheAndFocus · 29/03/2026 18:49

1stWorldProblems · 29/03/2026 18:45

Schools have a legal obligation to collect Sex info but Gender is not a compulsory category for data collection so I would complain to the school and get them to update the question to optional.

Thank you 😊

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SirChenjins · 29/03/2026 18:47

I'd complain to the LA and school. GI is a belief, not a fact, and so should be optional - are they insisting on pupils declaring themselves religious or political beliefs on the form?

1stWorldProblems · 29/03/2026 18:45

Schools have a legal obligation to collect Sex info but Gender is not a compulsory category for data collection so I would complain to the school and get them to update the question to optional.

GlovedhandsCecilia · 29/03/2026 18:39

BreatheAndFocus · 29/03/2026 18:35

I did it with their input. They wanted to put they had no gender identity - but the form assumed they did. That’s the issue.

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So your 11 year old child wasnt happy with jusg ticking male or female, but THEY wanted to specifically note that they do not believe in gender identities and don't have one?

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BreatheAndFocus · 29/03/2026 18:35

GlovedhandsCecilia · 29/03/2026 18:26

Let your child fill it out how they see is best for them.

I did it with their input. They wanted to put they had no gender identity - but the form assumed they did. That’s the issue.

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GlovedhandsCecilia · 29/03/2026 18:26

Let your child fill it out how they see is best for them.

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BreatheAndFocus · 29/03/2026 18:25

But Male and Female aren’t gender identities. They’re sexes - and they know this because the question before this asks about Birth Sex.

No, it’s not an Equality Monitoring form for anonymous statistics, it’s the registration form that goes on the school’s records, contains name, address, parent/guardian, health, etc.

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Arrowthroughtheknee · 29/03/2026 18:21

Teachers don't get to see these forms I don't think, they are for diversity figures. But surely your child is male or female? Otherkin has never been considered a gender. it's a whole other (batshit) thing.

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